| 100% | EZERWEIZMAN | 11 | Mideast president who wrote "The Battle for Peace," 1981 |
| 46% | OBAMA | 5 | President who wrote the memoir "A Promised Land" |
| 46% | OBAMA | 5 | President who wrote the 2020 memoir "A Promised Land" |
| 43% | ADAMS | 5 | President who wrote, "Great is the guilt of unnecessary war" |
| 42% | INA | 3 | Garten who wrote the cookbook “Cooking for Jeffrey” |
| 42% | ROSEANNEBARR | 12 | Former sitcom star who ran for president in 2012 on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for "Waitress" |
| 42% | LAILAALI | 8 | Retired boxer who wrote the cookbook "Food for Life" |
| 42% | JFK | 3 | President who cofounded the Peace Corps: Abbr. |
| 42% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the songs for "Waitress" |
| 42% | LYRICIST | 8 | One who writes the words for songs |
| 41% | KNOWLES | 7 | John who wrote the 1959 best seller "A Separate Peace" |
| 41% | HANS | 4 | Zimmer who wrote the musical score for "The Lion King" |
| 41% | ELFMAN | 6 | Composer Danny who wrote the theme music for "The Simpsons" |
| 41% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Stephen who wrote the music and lyrics for "Sweeney Todd" |
| 41% | PADMA | 5 | Lakshmi who wrote the children's book "Tomatoes for Neela" |
| 41% | OBAMA | 5 | President who won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 41% | MAMET | 5 | David who wrote the screenplay for "The Verdict" |
| 41% | STYNE | 5 | Jule who wrote the music for "Funny Girl" |
| 41% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress" |
| 41% | EMME | 4 | Supermodel who wrote the kids book "What Are You Hungry For?" |
| 41% | WEILL | 5 | Kurt who wrote the music for "The Threepenny Opera" |
| 41% | FDR | 3 | President who signed the Social Security Act, for short |
| 41% | ARNE | 4 | Thomas who wrote the music for "Soft Flowing Avon" |
| 40% | ALS | 3 | Hilton who writes for The New Yorker |
| 40% | SUZEORMAN | 9 | Financial guru who wrote The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke |
| 40% | SAEED | 5 | Poet Jones who wrote the memoir "How We Fight for Our Lives" |
| 40% | NORA | 4 | Ephron who wrote the screenplay for "When Harry Met Sally ..." |
| 40% | MEGHAN | 6 | Markle who wrote the foreword for "Together: Our Community Cookbook" |
| 40% | IRVINGBERLIN | 12 | Composer who wrote the songs for 17-Across (2 wds.) |